They didn't make a V shaped guitar did they?!

@PlagueScytheStudios

5 жыл бұрын

Funny enough, some of Randall's circuits are closer to rival amps than any of Dean's guitars are to Gibson's, yet you don't see the top amp companies spamming C&Ds and spurious lawsuits.

Randall V2 and T2 were the most underrated amps ever

@GuitarsAndSynths

5 жыл бұрын

Randall Satan amp for the win. They need to bring back that amp and make it in the USA.

@colelewis9940

5 жыл бұрын

@@GuitarsAndSynths Def a good design. Finally a amp with control over tightness instead of having to boost the amp

@MrMetalhead6

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. I still own a v2.

@chico38ify

4 жыл бұрын

Cole Lewis I agree, I don’t see many vids or reviews about the T2 and V2 I own 2 Of the T2’s and 1 V2, I love this Amps and use them for everything live, recordings and band practices. I don’t see anyone playing this amps either, I’ve seen probably just a few people playing the V2 but that’s it. I’m hoping to see more of this model’s reviews. Cheers! 🤘🏽

@charlesrocks

4 жыл бұрын

The KH103 and 667 are also amazing.

Maybe Solar will buy Randall and will release the Solar Randall 100W head 🙂

They should stick to what they were best known for: well-built American made solid state amps that have tube like warmth and gain.

@R3stlessNWild

5 жыл бұрын

@David Brandenburg Sr I said well-built and American made. The ones currently on the market are Chinese and a bit on the fussy side.

@R3stlessNWild

3 жыл бұрын

@Deconstruction 33 unfortunately the latest RG models are hit or miss.

If you ever wanna talk Randall history & what happened with the brand from the late 90’s to 2008, will be happy to discuss. I ran Randall during that time & designed & voiced the amps along side Bruce E.

All amp companies are in trouble except maybe Line6. 90% of players have figured out they only need a 5 watt lunchbox amp or modeling unit at most. More are deciding to just use an iphone app or PC amp emulator. Good quality tubes were already hard to obtain and have gotten even harder to get. Combine that with a rapidly aging out player base and fewer younger players seriously taking up guitar and you have lots of amp companies folding.

@rattlecage666

5 жыл бұрын

Well said.

Since the 90s Randall is just a side business of some sort with no philosophy at all behind it. As long as losses ain't too high noone cares, if they make money or lose. Also since the 90s Randall has been extremely lucky with artists. Dime and Kurt for example promoted their amps more or less by accident. I am not sure how Kirk Hammet got into there, he was probably just too nice to say no... xD Mike Fortin and Ola Englund were the last lucky thing that happened due to Randalls ties to Dime, I am sure. So, they'll be waiting for the next unicorn to fall into their laps. I think they can afford.

I love my Diavlo RD45. I also got it new for $300 so that's a huge plus.

@AndreiGrozea

5 жыл бұрын

daaaamn

@brianembree

5 жыл бұрын

Same. That was a smokin deal. That amp kicks all kinds of ass.

@DanielMoore-zr8rm

5 жыл бұрын

I got one used for 350$, I put KT66’s and 12ay7 in v3. Clean channel sparkles beyond belief, I love it.

@Seanotron420

4 жыл бұрын

I paid full price for that and the matching 2x12 years ago, and regret nothing. Love that thing. However, my distortion channel has completely cut out, and I can’t find any obvious issue tubewise so that’s irritating. Poor soldering maybe? Any thoughts?

@ivanbailon7161

2 жыл бұрын

I bought a pre-owned one for 350 euros and I am delighted. It's just a brutal Amp.

I was a sales rep at KMC/US Music the owners of Randall and I can help shed some light on this situation. I left Randall in 2021, feel free to give me a shout if you want to talk more about this topic. Love your content!

@levkamenev3904

Жыл бұрын

Are they pretty much on the verge of going out of business?

@TubaSteve369

Жыл бұрын

@@levkamenev3904 I can't speak to that, but I would be interested in seeing them introduce some new products. New products and new R&D are essential for a brand to keep moving forward.

@levkamenev3904

Жыл бұрын

@@TubaSteve369 I totally agree. I like some of their solid state stuff quite a bit and would love to see them place more focus there. I have a newer RG 1503 that I like pretty well, and an older Cyclone that I love.

This is pretty much what always happens with "vulture" firms -- they scoop up intellectual property and absorb an existing workforce, but then put downward pressure on management to maximize profits for the shareholders without taking any risks whatsoever. The R&D budget is chalked up as an expense rather than an investment, so it gets slashed into oblivion. No amount of talent can overcome a combined lack of vision and money from investors, and the company flounders. They're a cash cow in a risk-averse market now, and it's only a matter of time before they're sent to the slaughterhouse. That's really sad about DigiTech, too -- I've owned several of their multi-effects units over the years, and always thought they were great for experimenting, and really dug the built-in 4 track recording on the GNX3. The Rubberneck is an amazing unit, too; I wound up picking that over a Carbon Copy because the thing is so damned wild. The Boneshaker was a cool pedal, too, and probably shouldn't have been discontinued. Apparently the whole team was laid off in 2018. Again, this is another symptom of a company being bled dry by a vulture capital management firm.

Adding to this video, 4 years later. I spoke briefly with Mike Fortin back in 2017 with some technical questions regarding the new line at the time. He said he only had his hand in designing the tube amps. Randall was going to have him redesign the solid state RG series and other killer projects that will never see the light of day. There is no design work happening, everyone is gone except for Joe. Randall as a company is dead and they are simply selling remaining stock and will likely shelf the brand after. He had also mentioned that all the new Randall amp lines were made in China and assembled with Chinese components so you have to expect the type of quality that goes with that. He didn't go into more detail, but you could just sense in the overall tone that things were not good for Randall. Again, this was 2017, but 7 years later, his words still ring true as we see nothing new from Randall, nothing at NAMM 2024, and the remaining amp stock has skyrocketed in price. Such a bummer.

I hope Randall will endure. No update to their page for years. Randall is my favorite amp brand, I’d hate to see them fall.

Someone PLEASE buy and save Randall and B.C. Rich!!!!! \m/

@brianembree

5 жыл бұрын

THIS

@monstercadaver

5 жыл бұрын

Yea, just don't save BC Rich 🙂

@warhead5043

5 жыл бұрын

@@monstercadaver bruh moment

@andrewrenz1378

4 жыл бұрын

YES

@21stcenturymetal31

4 жыл бұрын

4 months later B.C rich has a new buyer and The new guitars look sick.

Lets be honest here..Randall didnt have anything great to begin with... There were some good amps but not great enough worth prolonging and keep selling to keep the company going..Look at other companies like Peavey and Mesa,they keep recycling 5150s,Rectifiers and Marks for decades.Besides the new downsized versions they havent done anything new but they have a great product to pay the bills for another 50 years. Randall didnt have anything good like that hence why there is no continuation of old products.So they had to make a whole new line of products and while they did a nice job with the metal genre,they did just that,claiming only a portion of the market (not everyone plays modern metal).And now apparently they kinda stuck with that. If you ask me they should keep the Diavlo range as they are cool amps for their tube line and should invest on their solid state amps.Randall was always known for the better solid state amps out there and currently there is no other company investing much on that.

This is pretty disappointing. I've recently purchased a diavlo 20w head, and it's a fine amp.

@fazebrown3668

3 жыл бұрын

I just bought one used. That thing fuckin rips!

@paulallyngoff7472

2 жыл бұрын

Just got a 45 for $375. What’s with the insane resale value on these things?

Joe Delaney left, that's it. Heard they virtually had no footprint at NAMM and that's sad. I love all my Randall amps! RG3003H, RG1503C with two V30s, Diavlo RD100H, RH200 G2 and Randall Satan 120... recently traded my RD1H. They are all amazing amps, sad they're losing steam. Lots of ex employees have shared some dark secrets eluding that they're closing shop. :'(

@TubaSteve369

Жыл бұрын

You are correct, I worked with Joe when he was heading up Randall and it was a pleasure. Very smart, had a vision and understood the history of the brand as well.

With peavey, evh, mesa etc out there, maybe the market is saturated. Maybe if they made super cheap solid state pedal platform amps.

I used an RG 80 all through the 1980s and 90s. The same amp. It seems like blackstar has stolen thier thunder.

I have a Randall Santan 50w and i've played with it live. I play death metal and have a pantera tribute band. It really have a nice powerful tone, but in my opinion not as good as fractal ax8 + Seymour duncan 170 that i use now. Portability tone and versatility. But still have the satan.. But yes. I agree with you. Randall had very hype with Pantera. But now.... no Fortin, no Ola... hum....

@danamcwhite

5 жыл бұрын

That’s the best setup now. With fractals, mooers and all these pedal board pre amps you don’t even need an Amp head anymore. I use an Axe too with a orange pedal baby 100. Super light tons of unlimited tons and cab sims

@steveburchfield5576

5 жыл бұрын

anyone who would buy a amp with SATANS FILTHY name on it must bereally eager to get to HELLFIRE ETERNAL DAMNATION!! ENJOY YOUR STAY ITS WELL NAMED!!!

@adampleasance9567

5 жыл бұрын

calm down mate.

@RuiBelchior

5 жыл бұрын

steve burchfield 😂😂😂 bring it on 🔥

@RuiBelchior

5 жыл бұрын

Dana McWhite yeah! Im super happy with fractal! No more problems in sound checks and i have a huge tone live. Using the savage for death metal ! Its really brutal. And its plug and play!

The first amp I bought was a Randall RG1003h, and it was dead out of the box. Returned it for, amusingly enough, an Egnater Tweaker 15. That tiny little amp crushes literally every other head I've ever heard for almost every kind of tone, and it only cost me $300. If it were footswitchable like the 40 watt version, I don't think I'd ever see myself wanting to buy another head. Aside from that unfortunate first impression, the issue I think Randall has had is the fact that they don't have any advertising, PR, anything to make people think "Hey these amps are good and competitive with brands like Peavey, Marshall, and Mesa, try them". They have their branding and target market, but they don't do much of anything to reach that market. They don't even have proper social media presence, as far as I know. Washburn has the same problem, like you said. I wouldn't have known they even existed at this point if I didn't watch Ola's videos to see that he used them. And hell, I own a Washburn Solar, and it's the best guitar I've ever played, but I don't think I could ever buy another Washburn if they keep neglecting the brand like they have been.

@SuffyANX

5 жыл бұрын

​@KC Never claimed otherwise. But on the other hand, my Egnater amp actually functions. Nothing against Randall, I think their amps are awesome and I know I just got unlucky, but it sucks that they're letting the brand die out like this

@SuffyANX

5 жыл бұрын

@KC Good for you. My Randall didn't work and my Tweaker has been 100% rock solid since I got it. That's all I give a fuck about, not whose you've fixed or who uses them.

Watched this and couldn't stop noticing the Ceriatone :D

I think Mesa should acquire Randall amplifiers because the founders name is Randall so it make so much sense and it could be an entry-level amp to Mesa bogie amplifiers or still be a separate entity of its own

Fast forward to 2024, and Ola and the Satan series are not even listed on the Randall site, only Kirk Hammett.

Probably doesn't help that their price points are completely outrageous for amps made in China.

@charlesrocks

4 жыл бұрын

R3stlessNWild I’m paying for the design and Mike Fortin will always back his designs.

@terminalvelocity4858

6 ай бұрын

@@charlesrocks Necro replying here, but design does not equal quality though in Randall's case. I spoke with Mike Fortin himself briefly in 2017 and these are his verbatim words regarding that: "The build quality is Chinese and this is low end stuff so you have expect what comes with that."

I will endorse Synergy! So many options to use. I strongly feel they are the future, the dual channel modular preamp system is awesome. Plus, you can add additional channels to any amp with a series fx loop!

@JRP3music

5 жыл бұрын

The process seems to be fair for Synergy and the other companies involved, plus the system is expandable. The modules are built by the other parties not interpretations. Morgan made by Morgan, Bogner built by Bogner, Synergy built by Synergy, Soldano built by Soldano. The coolest thing is you add to your existing amp, build a rack, or use Synergy various tube heads. Much better product than the previous. They have a few minor things, I'm sure they will improve. Plus, where can you combine Friedman and Morgan in stereo, for example. They have made tons of modules already. The demo of the Fender amp getting a hot rod overdrive and a Marshall adding a super clean is what convinced me. Plus, the old Engaged, Randall, and other 3rd part modules are backwards compatible!

@JRP3music

5 жыл бұрын

Also, it's analog and all tubes, no digital modeling!

I've owned a few Randalls over the years. I currently have the RD45h. Great amp, but sure, they could have simply released an updated version with an added channel, if even just to show some progress. When they started coming out with the full-on metal amps I was pumped. I was glad to see them owning the path. Too many manufacturers try to keep a toe in every pond, spread too thin. Randall's focus went super-narrow, and then they failed to continue development. And still, despite their higher end metal amps, the stigma still follows. People usually see them as the company who built sub-par solid state amps in the 90's-2000's. I hope they find a way to regain focus and the attention of the consumer. They have contributed a lot but that's no reason to simply sit back and ignore the future.

Scott Ian for sure went to EVH.

watching this 2 years later its really interesting to see how this has played out so far. No artist page, limited offerings, and just an overall obvious decline. Considering they are offered through Musicians Friend and not sweetwater I wouldnt be surprised if they arent stuck in a contract with them as well.

@Wheresthepepsibismol

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah and Randall RG80 amps are $500 now they should be $299 again Randall soild state amps are getting more expensive it's like f**k for $799 I could get a Marshall DSL40CR.

I want to agree with you cause all your facts are on point. I know I'm a nobody just playing and recording my own music but I started playing in 1995 so it's going on 25 years here and I always try a new amp here and there and at the end of the day I end up right back on Randall's door step. In my opinion and this is just mine obviously they make very good metal amplifiers. I currently have the diavlo 100 and the nulifier and they're the best amps I've used to date. Then again like you said they're fortin designed but even the rg line they have has some serious metal balls. I personally think they'll be just fine. I'm probably wrong but ots just me hoping i guess. There is a large group of people loyal to this brand believe it or not. I know dudes in their 40s been playing randall forever and say they'll never switch and I'm honestly on that same road currently. I tried Marshall went back tries blackstar went back I even bought a rectifier and went back. Maybe just a comfort zone? I dont know lol anyways good points and big facts

Randall kicks total ass! No boost pedal needed.

I love the Randall RG100, they really need to bring back the century 200

IMO the satan is the best metal sound I have ever heard.

@incitatus634

5 жыл бұрын

Mine doesn't work :((

@adriankalebra666

5 жыл бұрын

Gotta agree I wanted to buy it my wife said no cause I already had the diavlo and the nulifier. Honestly tho watch videos of the nulifier lol you can dial the same tone on it as the satan. It has low gain high gain and normal... lol 6irth 6rind 6gain, same damn thing literally with a different face plate on it

I agree here. A lot of great brands have been watered down or ignored because of pure negligence on the part of management. My own advice for Randall follows: 1. As you said, figure out what kinda brand it should be. If they wanna do the metal and rock thing, cool. Just get a roadmap. 2. There are lots of people out there who love amps and circuits that probably need a job. Hire some good peeps who know electronics and good designs. 3. Reach out to artists, but have some standout products that don't just push a big name. As a consumer, the end result is the same regardless of what the logo says. If a sig head is good, great. But don't let that be the only thing good about Randall. 4. This sort of circles back to my first point. For the future, have easy feedback tools for customers. If you want to make a difference you need real numbers on what people want, what they like and dislike about a product, etc. Make it fun. Do contests and shit like that. Basically anything to inspire honest feedback from real users, not just paid users. Great videeo as always. :)

Funnily enough, running a Mooer delay pedal through a Randall Diavlo gives me some of the nicest clean tone I've ever heard...Makes me think I'm playing a Randall Diva!

@adriankalebra666

5 жыл бұрын

Wylde chorus pedal on the clean channel is fucking money as well. My clean tone is locked In on that period. I keep the chorus on my pedalboard just for my 2 minutes of total clean music in my 20+ songs lmfao

I've played Randalls since '87!

I saw a video that showed Metallica's current live setup: both James and Kirk are using Axe FX. So I think at this point, Kirk is pretty much just an endorsee for Randall out of contractual obligation. That being said, I've been wanting an EOD88 for awhile. I just don't have the cash to pull the trigger on it. Just a super doomy sounding amp that sounds great to my ears.

@charlesrocks

4 жыл бұрын

John Clements The KH103 is a fine amplifier. It stands right up there tone wise with the JP2C.

Would be cool if they could work with Lee Jackson.

Randall is over. A person I know was endorsed by Randall and left as well. The brand will remain inactive for the foreseable future. The suit guys decided that the company isn't profitable. Fortin is long gone as well.

Most of the Old brands are tanking though. Marshall, Peavey, Randall... they arent doing much. Mesa is the only one consistently putting out new gear that people actually want.

@xneurianx

5 жыл бұрын

Marshall and Peavey are still selling loads of amps, no idea where you got this from. DSL is one of the best selling tube amp ranges of all time and still sells loads. Code isn't great, but in Europe it's pretty much only outsold by the Katana. Mesa doesn't sell much over here because they're CRAZY expensive.

@clintn6677

5 жыл бұрын

@@xneurianx Just saying they arent putting out many new models just pretty much 20 watt versions of existing amps besides the origin. The 410 series was the last really new tube head they released. Peavey used to have several different models but now most of their line is just different wattages of the 6505 and Invective.I love Marshall and Peavey but if they dont come out with new models people will just buy off the used market. Other amp builders are constantly coming out with new models or at least have a diversified offering. Friedman, Diezel, Bogner, KSR, etc all come out with some new designs frequently. As expensive as Mesa is in Europe a JCM800 is 2999 in the US.

@xneurianx

5 жыл бұрын

@@clintn6677 Yeah, that's fair. Difference is that Marshall, Mesa etc already have iconic amps that people will keep buying in volume for years to come, but Randall don't. You're totally right though. I think Orange are probably the only British brand truly innovating right now. Laney are trying but have never had the same level of popularity. Sorry I missed your point entirely!

Randall is the best for me !New or old love them👍

I have a 667, a Satan-50, a Satan-120, a Warhead, and several other models from competitive labels; that 667 has some of the MOST brutal tonal-capabilities, possibly even better than the Satan's! It's WICKED fantastic and I can't believe more people aren't recognizing this thing for what it is!

@ilikepotatoes1345

3 жыл бұрын

They should reissue their old solid state heads, like the RG100ES, the Century 200 etc. Those things would sell like hotcakes.

I played a Diavlo 50 once, that was really good.

I love my randall rg3003h head. But they're dying. Their 90s sound was the best. They should've stuck with that.

I feel like if Randall decided to work on their solid state amplifiers and made a line for the modern guitar player, that they’d catch on. From what I understand, solid state was fairly popular in the 80’s and 90’s. If they could bring that into the modern era of guitar playing, they could possibly pull theirselves out of that hole.

@micahj9828

5 жыл бұрын

The RG3003 is about the best SS bang for your buck going right now. It's a bit noisy (thank god for the built in gate) and only one EQ. If they put a separate EQ for all three channels (like the old Crate VTX350H), it would be almost perfect. The RG3003 comes alive through 4 Eminence EM12's. An RG100 re-release would be pretty badass, too.

Randall has been shining as an amp brand with Fortin on board. The Facepunch, Diavlo series still shines in my ears tho. I own a 45 watt Diavlo head and Ive been gigging with it for 3 years boosting it with a tubescreamer and always gets the job done

@dannybardon2934

3 жыл бұрын

I had the RD50 for a while and sold it. I definitely want to get a new one.

@ShreddyGuitar666

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannybardon2934 Ive owned the Diavlo 45 for 4 years and now I'm selling it so ot wont collect any more cobwebs

I have a Randall RG 1003 awesome little amp... Let's keep in mind guitar driven music all together is dying... unfortunate really... Hope Randall can continue.

Their forums really reflect this. You see tons of activity and helpful things when Fortin was with them and then crickets after he left.

Mr Plague I definitely agree with all your observations of what Randall is going through,but let's not count them out yet. Times right now might look grim for them but they may be in the same condition BC Rich was in not too long ago. Truly they do need to keep all their customers and even potential customers aware that some sort of change is coming or tell us all that new things are on the way. It would be a shame to see them go away , but someone may step up and take control of the situation and put this company back on track . It is needed. Who knows?

Very sad, I have a diavlo 45h and absolutely love it!

@AlexMaysonet

5 жыл бұрын

Will Tomao I just bought one and I’m in love with it

@thomaspreavett6180

5 жыл бұрын

I have a diavlo 45h also. I’m running a thrasher 2x12 cab with the g12h 100s 16ohms. And I don’t think Celestion makes those speakers any more. But my setup is a beast

@WillTomao

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Maysonet it really is a good one and quite versatile as well!

@WillTomao

5 жыл бұрын

Thomas Preavett Nice!!! Metal on \m/

@AlexMaysonet

5 жыл бұрын

Will Tomao It really is! I was surprised when I got a solid classic rock tone out of it. I’m running it through an Orange PPC 4x12 with V30s.

I have a Randall 15 watt Rd15. I can speak from experience, especially that one, doesn't do anything well. It has a high gain channel, which doesn't do anywhere near past maybe country rock. The effects are there, sure, but you can only choose between reverb or delay at one particular time. But it is, the best clean channel I have heard past the fender stuff. It can be a funk players dream. I can sit there for hours funking, and I'm not even a funk player. I like modern metal. But single coils through that clean channel are heavenly, I'm not giving that amp up yet.

There are so many amp makers now, I don't see how any of them make it...

@adriankalebra666

5 жыл бұрын

With stuff like bias amp and stl tonality I'm surprised people are still making physical amps. You can tell it's a plugin but just fucking barely. I bought bias just to see the hype and ended up using it for 3 months straight

i hope OLA decides to make SOLID STATE METAL AMP HEAD ID LOVE THAT !!

@awertyuiop8711

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah FORTIN SOLAR WHEN!!!!!

@Ottophil

5 жыл бұрын

kristian mcfarren i hope ola stops using solid state and digital and goes full tube. Like dime did

@metallion0738

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ottophil . Tube amps are dated, heavy and expensive.

@Ottophil

5 жыл бұрын

MetalLion 07 does dated mean “sounds better”? Cause if so, then sure

i noticed randall amps aren't sold by thomann anymore.

@jackc6716

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was about to get one a couple of years ago then they started having supply problems. Said they would get more and nothing happened.

I (proudly) own a Randall RG1503, as soon as I bought it, they seemed to disappear slowly from every music shop, you can't find brand new Randalls in Europe nowadays, I was lucky enough to get a second hand Randall cabinet and it kick asses!! Getting a Boss GX-100 now to complete my rig. I guess owning a Randall+Dean nowadays is a privilege 😅

I always wanted a randall ninja v2, thrasher, and kh103...i did own a kh120 half stack which was pretty decent but always left something to be desired

@adriankalebra666

5 жыл бұрын

I had that kh120 I sold it I actually still have the cabinet it came with with the jaguar speakers. Hammett has been with randall for al omg fucking time now. He used randall in exodus that's why they went after him

i think randall should go back to targeting the country and blues market, where they started. bring back the good solid state amps with headroom for days and tube-like gain. market them as good pedal platforms or good amps to pair with a modeling unit. it's sad to see them go. i always wanted to buy one, but no stores around me ever carried them in store, so i could never try one

I have a Randall BMF amp that is a pre-production proto type. They only made like 200 in production before shutting it down. It was made in the mid 1990's. The BMF was a collaboration amp for an endorsement for Slash and right before the deal was to be finalized Marshall swooped in and snatched up Slash as an endorsee !! The BMF is a 100 watt plexi SLP style head and it can with a stitch you can either use el-34 or 6l6 gc power tubes. 5 preamp tubes. It is a really neat amp and load !

I bought the last of the KH103 amps and 667 amps. The sales rep at Randall was mum on anything else.

Pretty sure Kirk uses Axefx for anything live. He has them drag out his signature half stack for baseball games and the like but I'm pretty sure it's Axe Fx going into the PA.

From my Observation Dimebag brought Randall into the 90's in a big way !! But they need to diversify with solid state and full tube options also Pricing is an Issue . They need to put out some high Gain mini battery Amps like Blackstar & Boss are doing .

Randall Amps are under rated. The problem is people see the name Randall and do not give the brand a chance.

There website is also down for construction atm. Its not looking good for this company . Just about every artist is gone or is leaving which is really only one big dog left .

Irregardless if they survive, I Will still have plenty of Randall amps in my studio

Scott left to now he plays 5150iii

Release the Satan with minor tweaks and call it something different. If the amp is so amazing why discontinue it? I'm an Engl fan for life now after I got a Invader 2, so I don't know what I'm talking about. I could of had any amp I wanted, I searched over a year and kept coming back to either a Satan or Powerball 2, but then I discovered the Invader 2 and yeah it is worth every penny. Dude any volume this thing slays. I installed the sound wizard module and it basically allows you a ton more tone shaping possibilities. If MESA is the Diesel of USA then Randall should be the Engl if the stars where to align in my opinion. I want american companies to succeed, unfortunately I work in America with Americans, futures not looking bright. Nobody got any pride in the work anymore.

When someone told me that “Fortin designed” the Diavlo series - after hearing it, playing it, I ask “Designed what, the Skully logo?” It’s not that great.

The Randall rg80 in 1983 changed my guitar life. Put it on the overdrive Channel and pulled out the treble knob and said, okay I get it now.

Ola has done more with Solar than Randall and Washburn in the past 10 years.

Personally my view is the youtube community has basically destroyed innovation past amp modeling. It has to be a tube amp, it has to sound similar to a recto or a 5150 etc. Unless youre talking amp modelers basically no one is interested in solid state amps, past people like me who prefer old school metal guitar tones to the kind you hear today

@colelewis9940

5 жыл бұрын

look at how on guitar forums EMG pickups are basically looked at as a joke, GT1275 speakers are shit on, the online community all want the same thing, 5150 style amp through v30 speaker with a boost. BC Rich guitars died, no one wants even flying v anymore, everyone wants a superstrat. I think the biggest problem is the online community has basically latched onto certain things.

@micahj9828

5 жыл бұрын

I like Solid State. They're predictable and reliable. Also don't need any pedals with a good three channel SS head other than my Morley Volume Plus and my Morley Wah. Nothing else in the signal path. Solid State are pretty fucking picky about what speakers to use, though. They need neutral speakers that don't color your sound much, like EM12 Legends or EVM12L. I also run EMG 85s because they're pretty neutral (see a trend?) and with the 18volt mod, they open up a bit becoming more dynamic.

@colelewis9940

5 жыл бұрын

@@micahj9828 My cab is a custom texas dragon cab and I have noticed my real 6505 sounds like ass through it, but I run my powerstage with my gsp1101 through it and it sounds like the cab was meant for the gsp1101, it has the regular 120 watt legend speakers in it. I want to try a amptweaker tight metal or something through the powerstage and the cab to see what that sounds like. I think you are right about the more flat/neutral sound being better with solid state (or amp modelers like the gsp)

@micahj9828

5 жыл бұрын

@@colelewis9940 Dude homestly, the more I've played through tube heads and then put a pedal on the front end (pedals being solid state) to tighten it up, the more I realized I was more satisfiesld playing on solid state heads. It just sounds tighter from the get-go. Speaking metal tones obviously.

Digitech died when they were sold to another company a year ago or so, Harman electronics or something. It's funny because I was talking to somebody on Ola's discord right before he posted that video about Randall and Washburn dying, they just didn't do anything new, neither improved their old stuff. By the way, you get lots of love in the member discord Ola's been plugging for the last few weeks, it would be amazing to see you there one day :D Also, do you have any plans of opening your own channel's discord server / yt membership thing?

@PlagueScytheStudios

5 жыл бұрын

When I reach bigger subscriber numbers, I definitely want to expand viewer interaction to another platform. Discord will probably be it. As for KZread memberships, absolutely never. Those assholes take a 30% cut, and I refuse to give them any more free money. Especially when it's coming straight out of a generous viewer's pocket.

how do most of these brands make it with all the competition and with VSTs?

Digitech/DOD is pretty much defunct yes (well more like on standby probably), since march 2018, they fired all the employees, a year after Harman was acquired and became a subsidiary of Samsung, that's why a lot of Digitech pedals went on blowout sale in 2018, and once one of their pedals go out of stock it's not restocked, places like Thomann don't sell the whammy DT (or any guitar whammy for that matter) nor Drop anymore (pretty successful pedals when it comes to Digitech), there's still a quite a bit of stock out there, but it won't last.

The future is stuff like Fractal Axe FX, Kemper, Synergy, Neural DSP Quad Cortex. The days of lugging stacks around is coming to an end. But I will give it to Orange and Blackstar they are willing to put out stuff that cater to other styles of music.

Dimebag was Randall, no Dimebag, no Randall. Quite honestly it is never an amp company I considered to play on until recently because I was always Tube only. Heard a Randall recently and need to get one.

I don't know what is up with thier lack of new stuff but I gave them a chance twice. I had one of the early Warhead's for quite a while many years ago. It was a muddy sounding mess and extremely unreliable. I also ordered a new Diavlo and it was defective right out of the box. It got sent back very quickly. I also know I'm going to get flack for it but the Satan was a $2100 amp produced in China. I'm not saying all Chinese things are bad by any shot but I've had no good luck with overseas amps. You have a lot of amps to choose from in that price range. I tend to stay away from most anything signature because in my experience, you are paying for the endorsement on it rather than the quality that goes into it.

Maybe someone has some input but I own 2 Randall v2s and they both have an occasional power issue. When I turn it on the speakers don’t get much power to them. It only works when I crank the master and strum the guitar hard and then it breaks through super loud and works fine until it gets transported. Sometimes you don’t have to transport it for it to do that. Any input? Could be anything. I’m wondering if it’s the transformer, capacitor or tube...Ive reseated the tubes and still does it. Those seem to be fine and work fine when the amp starts working right again. The whole thing with me having to crank the master and strum until the power comes through has to tell someone that knows something about amps something.

I've never owned a randall amp A buddy of mine had a small combo solid state and it sounded great. I miss bc rich too

I wish Randall made some sick solid state lunch box amps I’d love to snag one

Re: Nuno’s endorsement, it’s worth noting while he still uses the Randall Nuno cabs on stage, and occasionally has the NBN King heads for display, he’s not been playing through them for years. He uses a Marshall DSL 50 mostly tucked out of view (and in plain view if you ever him at Lucky Strike Live). Make of that what you will. I tend to think the Randall endorsement was a bit of a marriage of convenience via the US Music/Washburn connection.

I've got the ultimate nullifier and I love it. It's a beast. I can't say enough good about it. For years I was all about Marshall, and I still love the marshall sound but once I got the ultimate nullifier my jcm 800 isn't seeing much play time.

Love your channel man! I really wish Randall would get back to basics , when they made the rg100es and original jaguar cabinets. I think the first vmax heads were their last best production model.

they are still prolly the most diverse lineup of high gain tones/amps there is. id love a satan 120 or 50. peavey should bring back the xxx and come up with some new hi gain flavors.edit.. i wish peavey would go back to making their amps in the USA. i have an early 6505+ and it's a tank like no other. and i own two new digitech pedals(whammy DT and obscura delay) and have played old digtechs from the 90's 2000's. The new ones are much better imo.

An update to this video - for the past few weeks I've been getting a 504 Gateway Timeout Error whenever I try to visit the Randall site. Thomann have stopped stocking the brand. Does not look promising, here's hoping US Music/JAM get it together.

@tosh-jakefinnigan1356

4 жыл бұрын

Yikes, website has finally loaded - under the about section, it implies Mike Fortin is still the chief engineer.

I think what they should do is go back to there roots of solid state. Which is what put them on the map and do some serious over hauling, updating and reinventing of the solid state amps. I think if they did that it would bring them back into the runnings. But hey, that’s just my opinion.

I would love to work with and for Randall! they have been my dream company.. I've used many amps, good, and bad. but Randall is something I cherish and hope the best for them!

First.. I would stop trying to compete in the tube boo teek market.. Start small, and fill the room with competitvely priced, but quality material MADE IN AMERICA items such as cables, cables are a consumable that will keep being bought.. Pick three styles of amp, and buid them, build them well. A . 100-200w HG Metal SS with existing tech.. reface it.. with the expanded metal grill face , make some colors, and LED internal lighting.. nothing special, just the standard issue features, that every aspiring metal head needs on stage.. IT BETTER WORK.. LIKE AN ARMY TRUCK.. solid brick power and sound.. with the correct amount of gain circuitry for any ganre.. MARKET IT AS SUCH.. a steel brick of metal.. (SS tech is light weight except for the transformer, so that better be hefty) B. Use the tone and circuitry you paid for , and get it written into plug ins, and own the trade and copy rights on them.. you own the sound signature of every frickin amp you've ever made.. sell them in digital format, with your facial and design features from every era.. from beginning to end.. every amp, every cabinet, and every preamp.. in a preamp digital plugin. (consider genre packages, try to seperate what works for each individual genre.. from blues, and jazz, to country and blues rock, to metal.. and or a FULL COLLECTION PACKAGE) DO NOT SEPERATE ROCK, FROM METAL.. you can include country and rock together, but the seperate package is [rock to the heaviest of metal] Consider reissuing the RG13 no changes.. as is.. reissue.. no new branding, no new gadgets, no new paint scheme.. just resurect it, and put them on every shelf in every music store.. at leaste one, as a demo, and one for sale.. Remember, we are living in the digital age now.. the RG13 is very close to the digital stage gigging equipment.. its light weight, sell a case for it, OR.. design the pedal to have an intergrated case cover.. folds up like a brief case, and has its own power supply.. that fits in the case closed. Your boost pedal is fine.. keep it the face punch is not so good.. it sells to 15 year olds with no money.. Make those 15 year olds get serious, and buy that 100w metal half stack with the gain from hell, that comes in diferent expanded metal grill schemes and has the LED internal lighting (w on/off button) The rx model is a bust.. everyone is disappointed, even the church musicians.. why did you waste money buiding it.. The rg100 with a clean face like the thrasher tube amp, is actually what you should be marketing it as.. same face, no thrasher name.. THATS YOUR BOO TEEK FACE.. the thrasher grill and face is your booteek face.. that will fit in any forum and have style and class.. make it solid state.. Literally.. youve got way too much money invested in all these diferent "styles" of amps.. trying to please too many people.. Takr the thrasher chassis, and throw the RG100, or the RG 3003 SS in it.. give people a clean sound, they can work with, and a couple of gain channels to play with.. Everyone likes distortion, but they like it in diferent modes and volumes.. But the image of the product needs to be able to wear a suit and tie.. or strip that tuxedo off and slam something across the room.. The small package tube amps, are not helping you.. You could indeed make a new product in a micro amp.. you have the gain circuitry.. its a micro amp.. doesnt need power. just like the RG13.. 1.7 watts @ 8 ohms, is perfect.. but make that micro amp crunch, and scream like the big boys.. you knkw how to do it.. people are not expecting booteek sound out of a micro amp.. they just want the capability to play literally anywhere, and maybe stack it into a power amp.. like a preamp pedal would.. (line out to amp face) infact, it could actually be the rg13 peramp micro.. , replace one of the gains with a clean.. call it the randall RG12.. 1 watt 2 channels micro amp / pre amp. take a look at the mini marshal, and like minded micro amps.. i think black star has one out too.. $100 USD range.. must be competitive on the market.. Your brand is known for gain circuitry.. sell that in everything you do.. except the clear cut booteek faced (thrasher face) chassis.. it needs to be sold amd marketed as the clean and hansome shape shifter.. Dr. jeckle in a tuxedo outside, but brutal monster on the inside..(1 clean w/shared EQ 2. RG gain circuit.. 2 channel tops) Get you brand standing again.. You must figure out a way, to go digital.. dudes are spending a grand on digital modeling pedals, and hooking into whatevers laying around now.. even house sound.. they dont want to lug a round 80 piund tube heads, and 100 pound 4×12 cabs anymore.. thats for the young guys.. If you have to break down the peoduction of amplifiers, and go to digital hardware.. its ok (for now) You have a name, and you have a sound... sell it in what ever package you have to.. Speaker cabs, and full size heads cost money to manufacture.. cut your costs a littel, and build pedals, GOOD pedals.. that hold up to your name sake.. and if at all possible.. build them here.. have the componants shipped here, and build them here.. so you can put that BUILT IN THE USA stamp on it!

Randall's page is under construction again!!!, we use a Randall Diavlo RD100H, and it sounds really good

I had some trouble today. Bought one Satan and it did a huge, 'pop' noise (with a lot of reverb) and you can hear the amp playing really really quiet (whisper level) in standby and turned on. One valve has a purple-ish cloud... I'm desperate to be honest. Do you know what could be happening?

@calebbrown8164

4 жыл бұрын

Kiss Shot Acerola Orion Heart Under Blade Shinobu get a new tube?

They just need to bring back older models, I mean anyone would want at least an attempt at a remake of a Century 2 or even a Warhead V2

The randall rd5 is one badass bedroom amp

I guess I got lucky with my RG3003H, added a TS9 and a MXR10 Band EQ , that thing screams, its dry on the clean side ,due to no chorus or reverb but you get dialed in and its a nice distortion, just got to get everything set right,cheap to buy too, … but heres the thing about the FET circuit,which is basically similar to the davis booster tech Black Sabbath used , also used in the Sabbra Cadabra peadal by Catlain bread, its response is best in dropped tuning, half ,and whole step, then you really hear what that circuit is about, just not the same in 440 tuning which most ppl play

@micahj9828

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with everything. They need an EQ on each channel. My only real gripe.

I use Randall RD20 w/grind boost for practice. KH103 for a live setup. Never been disappointed in fact still after 4 years excited to turn them up. This really wouldn't be talked about if they didn't make a major impact on amplifier manufacturing. Mike Fortin changed high gain forever. Randall knew that took him on. In my opinion they won big time with him. Randall was everywhere. I mean look at Peavey they are literally failing and no one cares but people care about fluctuations in Randall. They won't dissolve.

Digitech is not owned by JAM/US Music/KMC, they're only distributed by them. Digitech is owned by Harman (JBL, AKG, Soundcraft, Lexicon, DBX).

Kirk plays a handwired version of the green amp, which was done by Fortin himself. Im sure the stock amp is killer, but still... The Anthrax guy has that awesome signature head too...

Personally I think Boss will be the one to rule em all. Most younger players (such as me) want something thats basically as utilitarian as possible.The Katana is a Head that’s stupidly affordable yet still sounds amazing when dialed in properly.

Hammett & Hettfield play Fractal & Matrix which is modelling with solid state pwr amps!!!

Love my Randall pro tube2 it's old AF.

Great video, following market trends and such would certainly benefit the brands. Smaller, compact rigs with usable tones for example. (Not that there’s no usecase for tube amps/heads), more just what the current climate is at the moment. But amps like say the Boss Katana seem to have a healthy presence and combination setups/pedal platform setups like a floor modeller with an Orange pedal baby per say would appear to also have a good standing currently. Or say even the Revv D20 with a torpedo built in. I guess maybe instead of just releasing bare bones amplifiers, these new hybrid style amps or amps with multiple features built in for actual real use would be a viable direction. Personally I’m still sold on the Boss tube amp expander, perfect studio and live use. Throw a preamp or modeller in front and call it a day and live it won’t destroy your spine. Then go record a bunch of awesome tunes at home with it using your heavy brick of a tube amp head and if you’re not satisfied with the tone, reamp it with another head and another and so on using the tube expander. Or take your tiny little fender 15 watt fender amp and inject it with the Boss 100 watt power amp and annhilate your drummer with the expander. Just because you can. I could be wrong but the tube amp expander embodies what the current market trend is, a feature loaded piece of gear that has vast real world usage for modern and classic players. I’ve considered a torpedo live and then the captor as a cheaper route, was never interested in the ox box but I’m definitely saving for the tube expander. It’d be nice to use my amp heads again without having to setup cabs and mics and record silently. Dude, I could so talk your ear off about gear, I’ve always known what my dream amp would be if I could choose the features that would go into it from scratch.

Randall make some of the few good high gain solid state amps😔

They need to go back to the styles and sounds from when dimebag was using them they should have stuck with their signature sound from that era